At great monetary and moral expense, America has lost a few wars over the last fifty years. First, the war on poverty has been a miserable failure. Government will never do for people what people are not willing to do for themselves. In fact a strong argument can be made that the generosity of government handouts has actually added to the problem. Next, our war on drugs continues to fail. Like alcohol, governments seeking to stop the underground existence and distribution of drugs only feeds an economy of violent gangs and billions in nontaxable revenues. Taking drugs off the black market, making their procurement a main street business, will eventually stabilize their quality and cost. As was shown with alcohol, this will also eliminate the violence and a lot of unnecessary incarcerations.
Government has no business forcing it's value system on free people outside of it's constitutional limits. Making choices, whether right or wrong, is a liberty we all have. Whether it's poverty, drugs, obesity, guns or the freedom of expression; individual rights outweigh any mandate the government might conjure. As long as an individuals actions don't infringe upon the rights or safety of others it's OK for people to do things we might deem stupid or unwise.
Americans should be much wiser then to allow our federal government it's untenable wars against windmills of it's bureaucratic mind.
Government has no business forcing it's value system on free people outside of it's constitutional limits. Making choices, whether right or wrong, is a liberty we all have. Whether it's poverty, drugs, obesity, guns or the freedom of expression; individual rights outweigh any mandate the government might conjure. As long as an individuals actions don't infringe upon the rights or safety of others it's OK for people to do things we might deem stupid or unwise.
Americans should be much wiser then to allow our federal government it's untenable wars against windmills of it's bureaucratic mind.
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